Leslie Anne Sutton

US Patent:

6754888, Jun 22, 2004

Filed:

Dec 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/475886

Inventors:

Robert O. Dryfoos - Poughkeepsie NY
Leslie F. Sutton - Lagrangeville NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 944

US Classification:

717127, 717128, 717130

Abstract:

Method, system and program products for screening a program of a computing environment for debug processing are presented which employ a table that contains information identifying at least some program areas of storage of the computing environment where programs to be debugged may reside and information identifying programs of the computing environment to be excluded from debugging. After detecting a debug trigger point during execution of a program, screening is accomplished by referencing the table to first ascertain whether the trigger point is within a program area of storage meaning that the program under execution may comprise an application program to be debugged, and if so, referencing the table to determine whether the program has been explicitly excluded from the debug processing. If not excluded, debug processing may proceed.

US Patent:

8307371, Nov 6, 2012

Filed:

Dec 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/313990

Inventors:

Barry M. Baker - New York NY, US
Robert A. Blackburn - Hopewell Junction NY, US
Mark R. Gambino - Brewster NY, US
Leslie F. Sutton - LaGrangeville NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/50

US Classification:

719310, 711141, 718 1, 718102, 718104

Abstract:

A method for selecting a processor to be acquired in a virtual, shared computing environment includes initiating a first selection phase to attempt to acquire a last relinquished processor of the shared computing environment, and initiating a second selection phase in the event of a failure of the first selection phase in acquiring the last relinquished processor. The second selection phase further includes a round-robin selection process for presently relinquished processors.